Former Govt official calls out nurse for selling plantain chips during consultation

Former Director-General of the Bureau of Public Service Reforms, Joe Abah, has sparked conversation online after recounting his experience at an Abuja hospital.

Abah said he had visited the hospital to see a doctor and was led into a room where a nurse was assigned to check his vitals.

According to him, while taking his vitals, the nurse told him that she sells plantain chips and asked if he would buy some from her.

Abah expressed displeasure over the incident, arguing that such behaviour undermines public confidence in the professionalism of healthcare institutions and the organisations that employ such staff.

He maintained that a hospital consultation room is not the place for trading, and that health workers should maintain strict professional boundaries while on duty.